I have heard that Wiliam Vanzela will not start he was injured in practice . Big Boy Troy will be in goal to night . Marcel Feenstra is at home and Vorberg will be in goal . Baltimore needs to Stop giving up restart goals tonight or the wave is going to pounce all over the blast keeper . I will be at the Game and ill have photos up on Saturday

Art- will u be there? Maybe you can celebrate the win by taunting the Blast bench! quote]

No, I was not there but was surprised at all the pre-game high scoring predictions. The Wave executed a dropback and counter system to perfection in both of last years playoff series. It was a new approach, perfectly timed by Coach Tozer and caught both Missouri and Baltimore by surprise. It is quite obvious both teams made adjustments to limit the Wave counter opportunities, namely improved possession and quicker transition defensively. Add to the equation no Leite, Marco T, JP and Howesy, the addition of a couple rookies and only nine days of preseason and the slow start is not a huge surprise. I can virtually guarantee Coach Tozer will treat the next 13 days as the team's preseason. I will also predict this team will slowly get better and better and be playing it's best soccer when it counts the most and like they have the past two years, in the playoffs.

You may be right, but to my uneducated eye, unless Coach Tozer can teach the Wave how to get younger they may have some problems. Missouri-three players 30+ years old , Baltimore- four players 30+ years old , Milwaukee-ten players 30+ years old. To me, the Wave did not look like the lack of practice or planning was the issue, they looked slow. I'm sure you are absolutely correct when you say that Coach Tozer will have the team steadily improving and playing their best at the end of the season but I think that both the Comets and the Blast will be improving as well.

You may be right, but to my uneducated eye, unless Coach Tozer can teach the Wave how to get younger they may have some problems. Missouri-three players 30+ years old , Baltimore- four players 30+ years old , Milwaukee-ten players 30+ years old. To me, the Wave did not look like the lack of practice or planning was the issue, they looked slow. I'm sure you are absolutely correct when you say that Coach Tozer will have the team steadily improving and playing their best at the end of the season but I think that both the Comets and the Blast will be improving as well.

To me that was just not what I expected to see at at a blast wave game I hear excuses what the wave lost . The simple fact is they were out played last night . The wave left Vorberg open all night long and we all know you will not see the wave play like this come playoff Time when it counts .

Baltimore did not sit back like they have done against the wave in the past If the blast would have completed some of the great chances that they had to put the ball in the net this would have been a worse of blowout then it was .

Yeah I think Troy is still very nervous looking in net. Vanzela is settling in nicely!

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If the blast are smart they will take vanzela on the road , and give him the next 4 starts because we face the wings and comets on the road and then we play them again at home so over the next month will be the real test for the blast .